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San Pedro Department, Paraguay

San Pedro Department
Department
A toll in Veinticinco de Diciembre, by the entrance of San Pedro
A toll in Veinticinco de Diciembre, by the entrance of San Pedro
Flag of San Pedro Department
Flag
Coat of arms of San Pedro Department
Coat of arms
San Pedro in Paraguay.svg
Country  Paraguay
Capital San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú
Government
 • Governor Vicente Rodríguez Arévalos (ANR)
Area
 • Total 20,002 km2 (7,723 sq mi)
Population (2002)
 • Total 318,787
 • Density 16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone AST (UTC-04)
 • Summer (DST) ADT (UTC-03)
Number of Districts 17

San Pedro (Spanish pronunciation: [sam ˈpe.ðɾo]) is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú.

During the 17th and 18th centuries there was even greater political and population instability than in Concepción.

The Mbayá and Payagua native tribes threatened all the area between the Ypané (in the north) and Manduvirá (in the south) Rivers and the valley by the Jejuí River.

In 1660 the natives revolted in Arecajá against the postal parcel system, causing the disappearance of this town. To help regenerate this area, the Missions San Estanislao (1749), Villa del Rosario (1786) and San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú (1786) were founded.

The second department of the country, San Pedro, was created by law in 1906, and included the territories of Itacurubí del Rosario, Santa Rosa del Aguaray, Tacuatí, Unión, Ygatimi and Curuguaty, as well as the area of Canindeyú. Its limits were defined finally in 1973.

Is hometown of important personalities of Paraguayan history, as Vicente Ignacio Iturbe and Juana María de Lara and the musician Rosita Mello, who is from Santaní.

It is located in the center of the Oriental Region, between the parallels 22º00’ and 23º30’ of latitude South and the meridians 58º00’ and 56º06’ of longitude West.

Its limits are:

It is the biggest department of the Oriental Region, and is mostly dedicated to agriculture, cattle and forestry.


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